"True (Spandau Ballet song) ""True"" is a song by the English band Spandau Ballet. It was released on 11 April 1983 as the third single from their third studio album of the same name. The song was written by band member Gary Kemp. The song was a huge worldwide hit, peaking at number one in the UK Singles Chart on 30 April 1983 for four weeks, becoming the sixth-biggest-selling single of the year, and charting highly in 20 other countries. It is Spandau Ballet's biggest hit and their only major hit in the U.S., reaching number four on the ""Billboard"""
"True (Spandau Ballet album) True is the third studio album by British band Spandau Ballet. It was released on 28 February 1983 on Chrysalis Records. While Spandau Ballet's first two albums earned them European popularity, ""True"" made them worldwide stars and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul and R&B. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, the Top 20 on the US ""Billboard"" 200, and charted in numerous other countries around the world. The title track spent four weeks at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and went to number 4 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100."
"single version, the release was very well received. It returned the band to the UK top 10 after the poor chart performance of their previous two singles. The group also had success in the United States when ""Chant No. 1"" peaked at No. 17 on the dance charts in 1981. The band released their third album, ""True"", in March 1983. Produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley, the album featured a slicker pop sound. It was at this point that Steve Norman began playing saxophone for the band. Preceded by the title track which reached number one in various countries,"
"the song was voted by the British public as the nation's tenth-favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. However, it has also been named as one of the worst songs ever recorded, with the lyrical content gaining particular derision from ""Guardian"" journalist Luke Williams and the ""NME"". Michael Hann described the song in ""The Guardian"" as ""dreadful wine-bar soul"". True (Spandau Ballet song) ""True"" is a song by the English band Spandau Ballet. It was released on 11 April 1983 as the third single from their third studio album of the same name. The song was written by"
"The Truth (British band) The Truth is a British rock band, active from 1982 to 1989. They reformed in 2012 for occasional live performances. The group was formed by Dennis Greaves, formerly of Nine Below Zero, and Mick Lister in early 1982. They went through several line-up changes, but Greaves and Lister remained members throughout the group's run. They released several singles before their first album, ""Playground"", was issued in 1985. The 1987 release ""Weapons of Love"" marked a stylistic change, and was their most commercially successful release in the United States. The title track was a hit single in"
"previously unissued ""Here Comes Trouble"", recorded in 1980, was finally released in 1982, albeit only in continental Europe. In 1982, Verity left to pursue a solo career and Terry Slesser joined the group as new lead singer, while Thomas, still a member of the band, began concentrating more on the instrumentation. In 1983, the group had their most successful hit single, ""It's Inevitable"", which peaked just inside the US Top 40 at #38. The MTV music video featured a rousing pie fight. On the American Top 40 countdown show from August 20th 1983 Casey Kasem informed the listeners about a"
"the UK in 1980, was the first of ten UK top 10 hits, including a No. 1 single ""True"", a No. 2 single ""Gold"", and two No. 3 singles: ""Chant No. 1"" and ""Only When You Leave"". The band have had eight UK top 10 albums, including three greatest hits compilations and an album of re-recorded material. After achieving the height of their popularity with the 1983 album ""True"", in 1984 they received the Brit Award for technical excellence and were involved in Band Aid, and in 1985 they performed at Live Aid. The band split in 1990 and the"
"the U.S., reaching #7 on the rock charts and #65 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Several songs from the album were also used in the 1987 cult sci-fi film ""The Hidden"". After 1989's ""Jump"", they disbanded. In 2012, Greaves reformed The Truth and played at London's Borderline on 26 October 2012. More shows were planned for 2013. The line-up is the original 1983 line-up of Dennis Greaves, Mick Lister, Chris Skornia and Brian Bethell, with Steve Phypers. The Truth (British band) The Truth is a British rock band, active from 1982 to 1989. They reformed in 2012 for occasional live"
"Tell Me True ""Tell Me True"" is a song written by Paul Kennerley and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton. After Newton's pop stardom had waned, her 1985 album ""Old Flame"" established her as C&W star yielding five Top Ten hits - two of them number ones - on the C&W chart: in addition Newton had topped the C&W chart in 1986 with ""Both to Each Other"" a duet with Eddie Rabbitt. The follow-up to the ""Old Flame"" album, the 1987 release ""Emotion"", failed to continue Newton's hit streak when its first single ""First Time"
"Real Life (band) Real Life are a Melbourne-based Australian new wave/synthpop band that achieved international chart success with their 1983 singles ""Send Me an Angel"" and ""Catch Me I'm Falling"". Both singles appeared on the band's debut album, ""Heartland"", released in 1983. The band originally consisted of David Sterry (lead vocals and guitar), Richard Zatorski (violin and keyboard), Alan Johnson (bass) and Danny Simcic (drums). Steve Williams (keyboard) replaced Zatorski in 1986, who was then replaced by George Pappas in 1996 after a long hiatus of band activity. In 1980, David Sterry responded to an advert in a newspaper from"
"Truly Truly is an American rock band formed in the wake of the grunge era. It featured singer-guitarist Robert Roth, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Yamamoto and Pickerel were founding members respectively of Soundgarden and Screaming Trees. While not a commercially successful group like some of their Seattle contemporaries, the band lasted a decade with two studio albums to their name. Following the demise of his previous band The Storybook Krooks, Robert Roth auditioned to play guitar for Nirvana but they ultimately decided to continue as a trio. A month later, Roth says he met up with Pickerel"
"True Confessions (album) True Confessions is the third album by British girl group Bananarama. Released in 1986, the album was not a commercial success in the UK, but achieved its biggest sales and chart success in the U.S., making the US top 20. The lead single ""Venus"" hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (an achievement they never obtained in their home country). The majority of the album is produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley (who produced Bananarama's second album), with the exception of ""Venus"" and ""More Than Physical"" (later given a garage music remix for its single"
"TRU (band) TRU (an abbreviation of The Real Untouchables) was an American hip hop group from Richmond to New Orleans, active from 1989 to 2005. The group originally consisted of rappers on the New Orleans-founded record label, No Limit Records. The members are brothers Master P, C-Murder, and Silkk the Shocker. The group originally consisted of Master P, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker. King George, Big Ed the Assassin, Cali G, Sonya C, Chilee Powdah and Milkman, before being shortened to just Master P, C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. The group's first two releases, 1993's ""Who's Da Killer?"" and 1992's Understanding"
"the group singing back-up, and it appeared on the 1982 album ""Keeper of My Heart"". The song rose to number one on the Contemporary Christian chart. More duets brought to the group also made an appearance on the charts such as ""You'll Still Be Lord Of All"". In 1990, Truth released its third Live album entitled ""Live"". The album was also produced with a VHS tape. The group at the time featured Mark Harris, Andy Chrisman, Marty Magehee and Kirk Sullivan who would later start the group 4HIM. In the 1990s, Roger Breland released a book that tells the story"
"top 15 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, and the Pussycat Dolls in 2005. The Creatures ( singer Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie) recorded a cover version of ""Right Now"" in 1983. Co-produced by Mike Hedges, it was released as a single by Polydor Records on July 8, 1983. Their version, recorded in '60s style with a brass section (Gary Barnacle on saxophone, Peter Thoms on trombone and Luke Tunney on trumpet) and timpani, later peaked at No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart, leading to an appearance on BBC's ""Top of the Pops"". The Creatures' version started"
"Truly (song) ""Truly"" is the title of the debut solo single by singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. Resuming where he left off with D-flat major tunes ""Sail On"" and particularly ""Still"" when he was lead for the Commodores, Richie wrote the song and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael. Released as the first single from his self-titled debut album in 1982, ""Truly"" debuted on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 9 October 1982 and climbed to No. 1 on 27 November – 4 December 1982. It also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, and logged nine weeks at"
"Truth (American band) Truth was an American Contemporary Christian group, active from 1971 to 2001. Formed by John Roger Breland, the ensemble's name stands for ""Trust, Receive, Unchangeable, True Happiness [in Jesus]"". It was initially composed of some 15 members who toured extensively year-round, eventually recording frequently as well. It eventually expanded to 22 members and continued touring regularly for thirty years, dissolving in 2001. In 2000, the group was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The youth choir at Spring Hill Baptist in Mobile, Alabama, grew over the course of two years from 8 youth choir members"
"Truth (duo) Tristan Roake and Andre Fernandez, better known as Truth are a production duo from Christchurch, New Zealand. Sam Collinette, Kmag, September 2010</ref> They first rose in late 2007 when Mala of Digital Mystikz signed their debut single ""The Fatman / Stolen Children"" for his Deep Medi Musik label. The single was described by Boomkat as ""dark and immaculately executed"" and was released in early 2009 as Medi13x on 12"" vinyl format. This release has been followed by two more releases on Deep Medi Musik and a number of singles on labels such as Tempa, SMOG and Black Box."
"True (George Strait song) ""True"" is a song written by Marv Green and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1998 as the second single from his album, ""One Step at a Time"". The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and reached number-one on the Canadian ""RPM"" Country Tracks chart. Larry Flick, of ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the production has an ""open, airy feel that underscores the honest emotion in the lyric."" He goes"
"Chrisman, Mark Harris, Marty Magehee, and Kirk Sullivan originally met when they sang together in Truth, a Contemporary Christian vocal group founded in the late 1960s and directed by Roger Breland. Truth had a rotating roster of four male and four female vocalists. After three representatives from Benson Records attended several Truth concerts in the late 1980s during which Andy, Mark, Marty, and Kirk performed, Benson approached the quartet saying that they wanted to use the guys to create a new male four-member vocal group under the Benson label. ""Where There Is Faith"", their first single, stayed at No. 1"
"one. A slower, ballad version of the song was remade by the Backstreet Boys, and recorded on their second international album ""Backstreet's Back"", and released on their US debut album. The ""Gavin Report"" wrote about the song: ""Hypnotic Rap from New Jersey brothers Prince Be and DJ Minutemix set to Spandau Ballet's 1983 smash ""True"" not only brings back a memory or two, it's sure to create new ones. It has fresh production elements and a chorus with all the relaxing, calming qualities of a nice long massage. A massive hit overseas, it's set to become just as big in"
"True Faith (band) True Faith is a band from the Philippines, formed in 1991. They have become one of the Philippines' most popular and accomplished bands. The band took its name from New Order's 1987 hit single ""True Faith"", revealing the group's new wave origins. At first, True Faith mined mid-1980s new wave sounds for its breezy pop formula, but the group eventually ventured further into the Philippine mainstream, firmly embracing middle of the road radio. Under the Viva Records label, the band has 13 best-selling albums. In 1993, a demo tape of the band's song ""Perfect"", a romantic ballad"
"Chart. At the same time they produced albums and singles for Bananarama, including ""Cruel Summer"". They subsequently produced the album ""True"" for Spandau Ballet; the title track reaching number one in the UK in 1983, and its follow-up ""Parade"". They also produced the album ""Alf"" for Alison Moyet on which the pair shared songwriting and musician credits for many of the tracks, and were nominated for a BRIT Award for the song, ""Love Resurrection"". Most of their recordings and productions were done at Red Bus Studios in London. Swain and Jolley also produced Kevin Kitchen for China Records. The album"
"peaked at number 30. A version by Nancy Sinatra was released as a single in 1965. A version by George Harrison done in a blues rock style, from his 1976 album ""Thirty Three & 1/3"", was released as the album's third single in 1977. A version by Shakin' Stevens, from his 1988 album ""A Whole Lotta Shaky"", reached #23 in the UK. In 1993, Elton John and Kiki Dee recorded the song as an adult contemporary duet for John's album ""Duets""; the single reached #2 in the UK. Elvis Presley cut a version of ""True Love"" that was featured on"
"Tracks"". The first song to reach the chart's No. 1 position was Siouxsie and the Banshees' ""Peek-a-Boo"", which topped the charts for two weeks. In the chart's early years, the chart was closely associated with college rock, new wave, post-punk and electronic genres with a large presence of British, Irish and Australian artists, as only 24 of the chart's first 82 number-one hits were by American acts. Bands including Depeche Mode, Pixies, The Cure, New Order and R.E.M. were amongst the most popular acts on Alternative radio in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Many rock artists do not release"
"to 140 members. Fueled by the inspiration the new Christian contemporary music that was sweeping the country Roger began laying the groundwork for a new touring ensemble with vocals, live band with horns. Wanting to name the group something with a distinctive identity that did not sound preachy or worldly, Roger's wife, Linda Breland, suggested Truth. The group hit the road in 1971. Traveling in three station wagons and a truck, the group sang in small churches, colleges, outdoor shopping centers and youth gatherings [Southern United States]]. They were turned away many times from churches because of their contemporary sound."
"The Truth (Australian band) The Truth were an Australian funk band, active from 1991 to 1997. The lineup included Nicky Bomba (a.k.a. Nicholas Caruana) on drums, his older brother Michael Caruana on keyboards, Mick Girasole on bass guitar, Tony Kopa on vocals and Geoff Wells on guitars). They released two albums, ""The Truth"" (1995), which peaked in the top 60 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and ""Headspace"" (1997). The Truth were formed in Melbourne in 1991 by Nicky Bomba (a.k.a. Nicholas Caruana) on drums, his older brother, Michael Caruana on keyboards, Tony Kopa on vocals and Geoff Wells on guitars."
"music with Peter Miller on lead vocals, Steve Morgan on bass guitar (later of Icehouse), and Peter Weeda on guitar. They soon changed their name to Guided Tour. After working in a variety of lesser known bands, Bomba formed The Truth in 1991 in Melbourne as a funk group. Initially Bomba was on drums with Michael on keyboards, Tony Kopa on lead vocals and Geoff Wells on guitars. Their debut single, ""Secrets"", was recorded in December 1992 and was followed by ""My Heavy Friend"" (1993). The Truth released a self-titled album in 1995, and in 1997 added a bass player,"
"Truth (Jeff Beck album) Truth is the debut album by Jeff Beck, released in 1968 in the United Kingdom on Columbia Records and in the United States on Epic Records. It introduced the talents of his backing band the Jeff Beck Group, specifically Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, to a larger audience, and peaked at number 15 on the ""Billboard"" 200. After leaving the Yardbirds in late 1966, Jeff Beck had released three commercial singles, two in 1967 featuring Beck on lead vocals, and one without vocals in 1968. All had been hits on the British singles chart, and all"
"Love, Truth and Honesty ""Love, Truth and Honesty"" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's ""Greatest Hits Collection"" in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio and was the last single Bananarama would write with Stock Aitken Waterman. It is the only Bananarama track which gives songwriting credit to new member Jacquie O'Sullivan. It was a moderate success in their home country, peaking at number twenty-three in the UK singles chart. It also was a top-forty hit in Australia"
"Many times they would do cover work by the Gaithers, with songs like ""Get All Excited"" and ""Because He Lives"". They introduced Andrae Crouch's music to the deep south in the early 1970s. In 1973, Truth performed ""The Church Triumphant"" to a standing ovation at the annual Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas. This opened doors for Truth all over the country. In 1981 Truth had its first of several number 1 songs with ""Jesus Never Fails"". In 31 years TRUTH traveled 3 million miles, presented 10,000 concerts in 27 nations. Recorded 61 albums with 400 members during their traveling"
"Truly for You Truly for You is a 1984 album by American R&B vocal group the Temptations. Released on October 15, 1984 by Motown Records' Gordy label, This is the first full Temptations album to feature Ali-Ollie Woodson (credited simply as ""Ollie Woodson""); who joined the group in 1983 to replace Dennis Edwards. The album was produced by Earth, Wind & Fire members Al McKay and Ralph Johnson. Included on the album are the R&B hit singles ""Treat Her Like a Lady"", ""My Love Is True (Truly For You)"", and ""How Can You Say That It's Over"". ""Superscripts denote lead"
"Credits adapted from liner notes and Discogs. Locations Personnel Truly, Truly ""Truly, Truly"" is a song by American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo. It was released in May 1998 as the lead single from their fourth album, ""Jubilee"". Written by Grant-Lee Phillips and produced by Paul Fox, the single peaked at number 11 on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart. According to Grant Lee Buffalo drummer Joey Peters, he and Grant-Lee Phillips began work on ""Truly, Truly"" in 1996 while touring with The Smashing Pumpkins. As Phillips and Peters began demoing tracks for what would become the ""Jubilee"" album, bassist"